[jessduntno]

Little chip off the old turd.

[mgc1122]

All I want to know is whether or not the little bastard has been arrested ... if not, why not?

[netmilsmom]

>>Free Republic notes that rubicon changed Palin’s password to “popcorn.” Popcorn. Kernell. <<

Proud to be a FReeper!

[twister881]

Here's the pimply perp:

Also from the twerp:
"My name is David KernellI am 15 a white cacasian male i live in memphis, TN. My favorite and only hobby is chess, more like an obsession. I am not afraid to say that i have acute depression and have been institutionalized twice, one at th age of 9 in Texas and one this past year. I have been strugleing with this for my entire life and have finally come to the conclusion that being stoic in most of life’s issues is of the untmost importance."

[olezip]

The guy who hacked into would-be VP Sarah Palin’s Yahoo email account is none other than the son of a Democratic state representative from Tennessee, posits GatwayPundit.

Could this be "like father like son?" I guess they both are following the Socialist Democrat playbook. The law is for you and I, not the elite, especially well-heeled Democrats. Given the father has a disordered mind, who knows what rationale will be offered to explain and forgive the naughty little boy. The damage done cannot be undone.

The unlawful breach was deliberate and serious, with much planning and activity following the successful hack, but it is nothing according to the MSM. Who cares how the enemies of mankind got the information if it hurts or damages our future Vice President.

[YOUGOTIT]

And who helped him give the emails to the Anti-American Punks AP? And from the article I read he is attending UT in Knoxville so how is he 15? Since his dad is a TN state senator I doubt that anything will be done.

[Tallguy]

Are there any IT security types out there who can shed light on the next investigative step. Are they going to have to physically seize this kids computer to establish with certainty that it was he who hacked the Palin Yahoo account?

[rvoitier]

Is the kid's middle name, Livingstone?

[mrmargaritaville]

we all know from media reports that this a “criminal” matter-but can the Palins take this little sh*t to court in a civil action?

[altura]

Internet hacking has been glamorized by television.

This guy is a little jerk, dumb in ways that count, but clever in others. Maybe mentally unstable, but I wouldn’t send him to prison. Not sure what a proper punishment would be ... maybe a couple of years in jail.

What I would really like is for this to be tied to the Obama campaign and cost it a few votes.

[Joe Boucher]

So ya think this clown is passing bricks about now?

[Political Junkie Too]

I know it isn't the father's fault, but why isn't an ethics charge being leveled on him in the statehouse for harboring a federal fugitive from justice? Why isn't the father being charged as an accessory after the fact for not disclosing his son's whereabouts? His position as a politician and lawmaker should hold him to a higher standard of behavior.

-PJ

[Doe Eyes]

Let's see now, if it is Democrat Mike Kernell fault that his son did the hack, is it also Sarah Palin’s fault that her daughter got pregnant.

[AuntB]

Here is a website created by someone who has worked with Sarah Palin on corruption in Alaska. It’s worth a look for some reference material.

http://www.palinfightscorruption.com/palin/

[snip]Sarah’s entry onto the scene was out-of-the box, to put it mildly. She displaced former U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski from the Governor’s mansion and immediately set out to reverse years of preferential oil company policies. She rejected the oil companies’ gas pipeline plan in favor of an open, competitive process that resulted in the first concrete steps to significant gas production in Alaska. When one of the oil companies failed to develop a gas and oil lease that it had held for decades, she began forfeiture proceedings against it.

But more importantly, she wanted to clean up politics in Alaska. With total disregard for her own political future, she boldly took on her own party, holding it accountable for its ties to an oil contracting company that has since been connected with the bribery of several Alaskan legislators. This angered the state GOP leadership and long-time party activists who benefited from significant campaign contributions from oil.

As recently as this past spring, during the Alaska GOP state convention, she asked GOP delegates to turn their back on corruption and choose new party leadership independent of oil lobbyists. But using blatantly illegal parliamentary tactics, and creating an exodus of disgruntled delegates in the process, the party avoided that change by the thinnest of margins.

Frankly, that explains the current intrastate campaign against the governor. When the Alaska state senate president attacks Sarah for lack of experience, one need only investigate that GOP senator’s deep and unseemly connections to the oil industry. Even on the other side of the aisle, internal attacks are explained by connections to oil or, in the case of the legislator purporting to investigate her for ethical lapses, gubernatorial aspirations.

So what about the people who know her, her constituents? Unlike the disgruntled political adversaries and oil company lobbyists, real Alaskans from all political stripes endorse her with a resounding 80% approval rating, the highest of any governor nationwide. Why? Because they know she’ll never sell out. Pundits concerned about her advancement to the Oval Office should take some comfort in that.
The writer is an attorney in Fairbanks. He is a former U.S. Magistrate Judge, state judicial officer, and decorated Gulf War Veteran (B.S., United States Military Academy; J.D., Yale Law School; M.S., Resource Economics, University of Alaska).

©Joseph W. Miller